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Holding Costs

The ongoing expenses associated with maintaining domain ownership, primarily annual renewal fees. Smart domain investors factor holding costs into their ROI calculations. A domain that costs $10/year to renew needs to generate or appreciate in value by at least that amount to remain worthwhile in a portfolio.

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A Record

An Address Record in DNS that maps a domain name to an IPv4 address.

NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)

A legal contract requiring parties to keep transaction details confidential, common in high-value domain sales.

Stealth Acquisition

Purchasing a domain without revealing the true buyer's identity, often through a broker or shell company.

Dictionary Domain Name

A dictionary domain name is a domain name that uses a word or words that are found in the dictionary. These words can be in any language, but most commonly they are in English. For example, "apple...

Transfer

Transfer is a term you'll encounter frequently. It refers to the process of changing the registrant or registrar of a specific domain name. There are two main types of transfers in the domain na...

Expiry Auction

An auction held for a domain name that wasn't renewed by its owner before it becomes publicly available.